The 2nd of 4 special sets for Japan. This one features my favorite songs by artists of Japanese descent. They have provided me with so much listening pleasure over the span of my lifetime that the very least I can do is acknowledge their musical impact. Please repay their artistry by supporting the Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief fund: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/japan-earthquake-tsunami-relief/

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Playlist:

• Dubnova (Part1&2) – Towa Tei – Future Listening! [Elektra]
• Technova (LP Version) – Towa Tei – Technova [Elektra]
• 真ッ黒ニナル迄 – Muro From Microphon Pager – Brownswood Workshop: Multidirection [Brownswood Records]
• Serene – Nobukazu Takemura – Child’s View [Bellissima Records]
• Clouds – Cibo Matto – Stereo Type A [Rhino]
• Blues Alley (feat. Yukimi Nagano) – Ge-ology – Specialty Selections Sampler
• Transition – DJ Krush – Jaku [Sony Music Japan International]
• monter sur la barre fixe – Geisha Girls – THE Geisha Girls Show [For Life]
• 4:17 – Dan The Automator – A Better Tomorrow EP [Ubiquity Records]
• It’s Over Now – Dan The Automator – A Much Better Tomorrow [Tommy Boy]
• A Ring feat. Pascale Borel – Towa Tei – Last Century Modern [Elektra]
• E.A.R.T.H. / SOS – DJ Krush – Krush [Shadow Records]
• Ch. Galaxy – Towa Tei – Big Fun [Columbia Japan]
• Corridor – Towa Tei – Sound Museum [Elektra]
• The Sound Museum – Towa Tei – Sound Museum [Elektra]
• Sekar Gendot – Towa Tei – Sweet Robots Against The Machine [EastWest Japan]
• Clair De Lune – Isao Tomita – Snowflakes Are Dancing [High Performance]
• Beef Jerky – Cibo Matto – Viva! La Woman [Rhino]
• Mic Check – Cornelius – Fantasma [Matador]
• A.O.R. (Feat. Lina Ohta) – Towa Tei – Big Fun [Columbia Japan]
• I Love my Baby (my baby loves jazz) – United Future Organization – Jazzin’ [Kind of Groove]
• Constant Surprises – Little Dragon – Little Dragon [Peacefrog Records]
• Beatitude – Jazz & The Brothers – Brownswood Workshop: Multidirection [Brownswood Records]
• Drive – Ice – We’re In The Mood [EMI]
• Love Is The Key Feat. Josh Milan – Shuya Okino – United Legends [Geneon]
• Action – Fukutomi Yukihiro – Out Patients [Hospital Records]
• Fake Funk – susumu yokota – Zero [Exceptional]
• Blue Train – Cibo Matto – Stereo Type A [Rhino]
• United Future Airlines – United Future Organization – No Sound Is Too Taboo [Verve]
• Loud Minority – United Future Organization – Jazzin’ [Kind of Groove]
• Afloat (feat. Yukimi Nagano) – Sleep Walker – The Voyage [Village Again]
• Fading Blues (feat. Yukimi Nagano) – Hird – Moving On [Dealers of Nordic Music]
• Gravitation & Flow Motion – 7th Gate – Dancer in the Snowfall EP [Rotation Records]
• Angel feat. Ayumi Tanabe & Viv – Towa Tei – Last Century Modern [Elektra]
• Tonight – DJ Marky, Makoto & A-Sides – The Master Plan [Innerground Records]